09 April 2021

Five minutes with... Pooja Agrawal

David Taylor catches up with Pooja Agrawal, who starts as the new CEO of Public Practice in June, about taking the organisation to the next, national step, the pressures facing local authorities…and k...

Urban Innovation

09 April 2021

Against the 15-minute city

Darryl Chen, Partner, Urban Design Sector Lead at Hawkins\Brown, argues his theory against the 15-minute city...

NextGen

06 April 2021

Intergenerational Intelligence

John McAslan + Partners is actively demonstrating the thoughtful and beneficial dialogue that can take place between different age groups in championing social issues.

04 April 2021

Nathalie Rozencwajg, founder, NAME architecture

David Taylor meets Nathalie Rozencwajg to talk a tale of two cities – London and Paris – and the challenges that have resulted from Brexit to winning work and running a practice on both sides of the C...

Wellbeing

01 April 2021

Social value in the spotlight

Key practitioners and thinkers set out their stall on the challenges and benefits surrounding the concept of social value.

City of London

01 April 2021

The City banks on creating ‘world-class welcoming heart’

All change - The City of London has begun consultation on making more improvements to Bank Junction, creating a better pedestrian environment and ‘fitting setting’ for the iconic buildings at its cent...

Housing

01 April 2021

Building sustainable housing affordably: NLA Expert Panel on Housing

The theme of the third meeting of the NLA Expert Panel on Housing was to prompt a discussion on the design and technical aspects of building sustainable housing affordably.

Retail & Hospitality

01 April 2021

High Streets glimpse post-Covid future

The high streets of the future will need to fully embrace charities, artists and other experiences if they are to survive and prosper following the major injuries they have sustained during the pandem...

01 April 2021

Colour and urban legibility

Colour is crucial to the legibility of an urban space. As colour experts, Axalta are keen to explore the role of colour – an integral element of architectural design – in placemaking.

30 March 2021

Shortlist announced for competition to revolutionise the traditional Police Box in the Square Mile

Six shortlisted teams revealed for the Digital Service Point competition

Net Zero

26 March 2021

Adaptation, flexibility and opportunity to change are key to London’s climate resilience

How is climate change affecting London? Is the capital prepared to respond to climate risks? In other word, is London resilient? A group of experts and built environment professionals discussed climat...

Culture

25 March 2021

Five minutes with…David Weir-McCall

David Taylor talks to David Weir-McCall of Epic Games about better collaboration on built environment projects through software, augmented reality, and the prospect of the ‘gamer generation’ to come c...